1. How to create a partition from Command Prompt

After you've launched diskpart it's time to establish which hard drive or solid state drive will be used to create a new partition. You will select the drive by using the select command. To view the available disks on your system, use the command list disk.

To select the disk you want to work with, type select disk followed by the number of the hard disk you want to use.

To create a new partition, you need to use the create partition command followed by the partition type and size. Note that the list command used previously also displays the available free space on each hard disk. Your partition must be of a size equal or less to the amount of available free space.

For instance, in order to make a new primary partition with the size of 1000 MB, you should type “create partition primary size=1000” . Use the same command and change the size according to your needs and the available free space on your hard disk.

2. How to assign a letter to a partition from Command Prompt

You can and will probably want to also assign a letter to the newly created volume. Assigning a letter to a partition makes it visible in File Explorer , so that you can easily access it. To assign a letter to a partition directly from Command Prompt , use the assign command.

For instance, if you wanted to assign the R letter to the partition you just created, you should type “assign letter = R” .

Please remember that before assigning a drive letter, you need to start Diskpart and select the disk for which you want to assign the letter.

3. How to format a partition from Command Prompt

Although you now have a new partition created on your computer or device and it also has a letter assigned so it’s easy to access it, you are still unable to use it until you also format that partition. To do that too, use the command “format fs=ntfs quick” . Use help format to find out more information about this command.

This command should be used after you start Diskpart and select the disk that you want to format.

When you are done working with diskpart , type the exit command to close the program.

4 . How to delete a partition from Command Prompt

When you need to delete a drive from your computer, the procedure is quite simple. First, open the diskpart application. Then, select the partition that you want to delete and type the delete partition command. You can see an example of how the delete operation works, below. It is a matter of selecting the disk where the partition is found, then selecting the volume to be deleted and running the delete command.

5 . How to check a disk for errors from the Command Prompt

To check a disk for errors you have to use the chkdsk command. Type chkdsk followed by the drive’s letter. We recommend that you always use this command in combination with the /f parameter. This enables the tool to automatically fix any errors it finds.

As an example, we will scan the R : drive for errors by typing chkdsk /f r: and pressing Enter . The scan process will start.

After the scan is finished you see a report similar to the one from the picture below.

This summarizes how much disk space the partition has, how many files are in use by the system, how much free space is available on the disk, how many bad sectors were identified and so on.

6 . How to defragment a disk from the Command Prompt

The Command Prompt also gives you a way of defragmenting a partition. All you have to do is type the command defrag followed by the drive’s letter. If you wanted to defragment the R: partition, for example, you would use “defrag r:”. If everything worked well, you should get a report like the one below, after the volume you selected has been defragmented.

The report includes information prior to the optimization process and after it was completed, like the volume size, free space, total fragmented space and the largest free space size.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that you might think it's hard to manage your partitions through the Command Prompt , we hope that we managed to prove that it's not that difficult. The procedures involved are not complicated at all and, once you know the correct commands, using the Command Prompt can be a lot faster than using other tools like Disk Management . If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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